This creamy lime sauce is zesty, slightly sweet and super delicious. I created this sauce as the perfect match for blackened chicken, but it also tastes amazing with everything from spicy fish tacos to roasted veggies. One drizzle, dip, or dollop, and your meals will be instantly upgraded!
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Elevate Your Next Spicy Dish with Zesty Lime Sauce
This lime sauce adds a creamy, zesty flavor to spicy chicken, shrimp, crispy fish sticks and other seafood, fish tacos, rice bowls, sandwiches, wraps and more. You can also use it as a dressing and drizzle it over a blackened chicken salad.
Here are more reasons to love it:
- It's easy to prepare.
- Only 4 ingredients.
- That zesty, sweet heat flavor combination when you drizzle it over spicy proteins is a spice lover's dream.
Try it with this blackened chicken sandwich, kimchi chicken rice bowl, some kimchi tacos, shrimp tacos or grilled halibut.
Honest Feedback
From Monica: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "Wow, this was so tasty! I loved it on my salad. This is now my favorite!"
Ingredients
- mayo - While a typical lime crema sauce would use sour cream as the base, this sauce uses mayo--my favorite base for dressings and sauces.
- fresh limes - I use regular limes that you'll find in any grocery store but if you want to make it a little more interesting, try it with key limes.
- agave nectar - You can substitute with liquid honey.
- cumin - Cumin complements spicy food with its warm flavor.
*Check recipe card for ingredient amounts.
How to Make Lime Sauce
Step 1. Combine. Whisk the mayo, lime juice + zest, agave nectar and cumin together in a measuring cup or small bowl. Season with salt, to taste.
Step 2. Transfer. Transfer to a jar or squeeze bottle. Use the lime cream sauce as desired.
Pro Tip
🍋🟩 Always use freshly squeezed lime juice + freshly grated lime zest for this recipe. This is an upgrade many people skip, but it makes a BIG difference in flavor! 🍋🟩
Serving Suggestions
- This sauce was made for blackened chicken and other spicy foods. It will turn your next spicy dish into a sweet heat sensation.
- Use it as a dressing and drizzle it over a blackened chicken salad or other yummy salad recipes.
- Add to blackened chicken sandwiches, spicy shrimp, pulled pork sandwiches, tacos, rice bowls and wraps.
- Besides spicy proteins, here are some poultry main courses and delicious seafood recipes that you can browse for ideas.
Storage
Make sure to keep your lime sauce refrigerated in an airtight container such as a jar or squeeze bottle. It will last up to 2 weeks in the fridge.
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📋Recipe
Lime Sauce
Ingredients
- 1 cup mayo
- 2 limes - zested
- 2 tablespoons lime juice - freshly squeezed
- 1 ½ tablespoons agave nectar - or liquid honey
- 1 teaspoon cumin
- salt - to taste
Instructions
- Whisk the mayo, lime zest, lime juice, agave nectar and cumin together in a measuring cup or small bowl.
- Season with salt, to taste.
- Transfer to a jar or squeeze bottle. Use as desired.
Notes
- Refrigerate for up to 2 weeks.
- This sauce is specifically for blackened chicken and other spicy foods.
- Use it as a dressing and drizzle it over a blackened chicken salad.
- Add to blackened chicken sandwiches, pulled pork, spicy shrimp, tacos, rice bowls and wraps.
Nutrition
Nutrition information on In the Kitch is provided as a courtesy and is an estimate only. It may not include toppings and/or sauces.
Monica Haas says
Wow, this was so tasty! I loved it on my salad. This is now my favorite!
Joss Dyckson says
So glad to hear it! Thanks, Monica.
Joss Dyckson says
I highly recommend adding the lime zest to this sauce. It makes the the flavor really pop! I drizzle it on my salads, blackened chickened and more.